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Around PAWS ChicagoAngelsPAW S C H I C A G OwithTails®The 14th Annual Angels with TailsMichigan Avenue adoption event kickedoff on Sunday, October 2, a beautifulautumn day. More than 200 homelesscats, dogs, kittens and puppies from 18local rescues and shelters were featuredat 54 retail stores and boutiques alongMichigan Avenue and Oak Street, eachlooking for their forever home.Wearing their golden “I need a home”scarves and using their sweet dispositionsand adorable faces to attract potentialadopters, 40 PAWS Chicago pets foundloving homes. In addition, more than 100volunteers supported the event whichraised awareness of animal homelessnessand the importance of pet adoption.Shelter Medicine Symposiumtreating the treatablesOn August 15, PAWS Chicago and Purdue Universityheld its first Shelter Medicine Symposium, bringingtogether veterinarians and shelter managers fromIllinois and neighboring states to learn about PAWSChicago’s best practices and scientific study resultson shelter medicine.Attendees learned about the results of five studiesundertaken by Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine– Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program, which willenable shelters to more effectively and efficientlytreat the common medical challenges that animalsface in shelters. They also participated in learningtracks which focused on “Treating the Treatables,”high-volume spay/neuter clinic and mobileoperations, and the business of shelter medicine.Judy Baar Topinka Announces New AdoptionProgram at PAWS ChicagoOn July 10, Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka visited PAWS Chicago’s AdoptionCenter to announce ‘Comptroller’s Critters,’ a program designed to bring petowners together with shelters – and ultimately provide loving homes for animals.Launched by Topinka, the Critters program allows Illinois animal shelters, like PAWSChicago, to feature adoptable pets on the Illinois Office of the Comptroller website.Potential adopters are then able to use the website as a one-stop-shop to identifya pet they’d like to meet, and contact the appropriate shelter to take the next stepstoward adoption.8
First Season of the GusMobileby Ari WassermanAround PAWS ChicagoIn May of <strong>2011</strong>, PAWS Chicago launched the GusMobile, atraveling counterpart to PAWS Chicago’s Lurie Spay/NeuterClinic. This mobility allows PAWS Chicago to target servicesin the eight zip codes that have the highest stray cat and dogpopulations, expanding PAWS Chicago’s reach into areas thatdo not have veterinary services and providing families withdirect access to spay/neuter and vaccinations.Each Sunday from May through November, the GusMobileoperates at the PETCO at 119th and Marshfield in the WestPullman neighborhood. This year, more than 600 dogs and catshave been spayed or neutered, with more than 80 percent ofthe surgeries performed at no charge for pet owners on publicassistance. This incredible resource will result in a decrease inhomeless animals struggling to survive on the streets or turnedinto shelters.Inside the state-of-the-art mobile unit there are threesurgical tables, oxygen support, and anesthesia equipmentthat allow PAWS Chicago to perform up to 65 surgeries perday. Additionally, there is an exam table that has separate catand dog scales. The GusMobile also provides self-supportedwater, heating and air conditioning, as well as refrigeration inorder to provide an ideal surgical environment.Phil and Janice Beck’s donation of the GusMobile to PAWSChicago is a gift that keeps on giving, and PETCO Foundation’sgenerous support, funding the GusMobile’s operations out oftheir West Pullman location, is helping reduce the number ofunwanted litters from being born.When I put on my green Level 2 apron and teach a classto new volunteers I feel a sense of pride when I describe theimpact the GusMobile is having in Chicago. With the generoussupport of the Beck family and the PETCO Foundation and thewonderful volunteers who devote their Sundays to volunteeron the GusMobile, PAWS will continue to make strides to makeChicago a No Kill city.Ari Wasserman is a recent graduate from DePaul Universitywith a degree in Communication and Media. He volunteersat the PAWS Chicago Adoption Center. Running in thehalf marathon for TEAM PAWS and participating in manyfundraising efforts fuels his commitment to a No Kill Chicago.Oprah’s Ultimate Viewers’ VolunteerExperience at PAWS Chicago featured onOprah Winfrey NetworkOn Saturday, September 10, PAWS Chicago welcomed Oprah’s Ultimate Viewers for an“Ultimate Day ‘O’ Service”! In December 2010, Oprah Winfrey took 302 Ultimate Viewerson the trip of a lifetime to Australia. After the trip, the viewers - hailing from acrossthe United States, Canada, Jamaica and Kenya - organized a reunion to take theirexperiences and pay them forward to inspire others to volunteer in their communities.Ultimate Viewers spent the day at PAWS Chicago, where Oprah adopted her last threedogs (Sadie, Sunny and Lauren) and featured the state-of-the-art Adoption Center onher show. The volunteers socialized cats and dogs and helped clean animal suites, thelobby and hallways of the Adoption Center and the rooftop deck. Footage of the group’sexperience at PAWS Chicago was featured on the OWN network in October.Thank you to Oprah’s Ultimate Viewers for raising awareness about theimportance of volunteerism and for lending a hand to help homeless pets atPAWS Chicago!9
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